US aircraft intercept Tu-95 over the Med in c1977.jpeg
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| Description | A U.S. Marine Corps AV-8A Harrier from Marine Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231, pilot Major Randy Balara) "Ace of Spades" and two U.S. Navy McDonnell F-4N Phantom II fighters from Fighter Squadron 51 (VF-51) "Screaming Eagles" and VF-111 "Sundowners" intercept a Soviet Tupolev Tu-95 (NATO reporting Code "Bear"). The squadrons were assigned to Carrier Air Wing 19 (CVW-19) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV-42), barely visible in the haze below, for her final cruise to the Mediterranean Sea from 4 October 1976 to 21 April 1977. Franklin D. Roosevelt was decommissioned on 30 September 1977. |
| Date | circa 1977 |
| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 1996.253.7119.003 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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